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Butterfly wing scale (part)

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NHM1456083
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Butterfly wing scale (part)
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Natural History Museum, London, UK
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Butterfly wing scale (part), Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a butterfly wing scale (x 11,000). Microscopic ridges on these scales can give the insect it's colour by reflecting the light in a certain way. - Animal

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© Natural History Museum, London / Bridgeman Images
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animal / butterfly / insect / lepidoptera / magnified / insect / lattice / s colour / scanning electron microscope / image of a butterfly wing scale / wing / pattern / scale / reflecting the light / a certain way / network / sem / x 11
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Largest available format 4171 × 4130 px 14 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 4171 × 4130 px 353 × 350 mm 13.8 MB
Medium 1024 × 1014 px 87 × 86 mm 644 KB

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